#5BBDBA#5BBDBA

#5BBDBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.092 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDBA
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(178, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(178, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -29.38, -7.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 30.27, 193.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.09 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.092 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3712, 42.1616, 52.9296)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDBA #BD5B5E

analogous

#5BBD89 #5BBDBA #5B8FBD

triadic

#5BBDBA #BA5BBD #BDBA5B

tetradic

#5BBDBA #895BBD #BD5B5E #8FBD5B

square

#5BBDBA #895BBD #BD5B5E #8FBD5B

split-complementary

#5BBDBA #BD5B8F #BD895B

monochromatic

#2D706E #3F9C99 #5BBDBA #87CFCC #B2E0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#5BBDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#5BBDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDBA

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDBA	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EC2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.092 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92d1ce',
    500: '#5bbdba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdba;
$custom-light: #92d1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.163,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73887,
    "c": 0.0922,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDBA

secondary

#CFA5A7

accent

#5559D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDBA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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